Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final 1 | 26 May 2014 |
Semi-final 2 | 27 May 2014 |
Final | 31 May 2014 |
Host | |
Venue | Funkhaus Wallrafplatz (semi-final) Cologne Cathedral (final) Cologne, Germany |
Presenter(s) | Sabine Heinrich |
Executive producer | Lothar Mattner |
Director | Yves Zosso |
Musical director | Kristiina Poska |
Executive supervisor | Vladislav Yakovlev |
Host broadcaster | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) |
Website | www |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 14 |
Debuting countries | |
Returning countries | |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | Each juror awarded a mark from 1–10 to each performer |
Winning musician | ![]() Ziyu He |
The Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 was the seventeenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians, held outside the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, on 31 May 2014. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), musicians from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. This was the fifth time that the competition was held on an open-air stage. Germany previously hosted the contest in 2002. [1]
All participants performed a classical piece of their choice accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kristiina Poska. [1] This year, 14 countries participated in the contest. Malta and Moldova made their debut at the Eurovision Young Musicians. [2] Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Ukraine decided not to participate in this year's competition. Hungary returned for the first time since 2000. Sweden last took part in 2010, whilst Portugal had not entered since 1998.
Ziyu He of Austria won the contest, with Slovenia and Hungary placing second and third respectively. [3] In 2014, Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest. [4]
Roncalliplatz, a square outside the Cologne Cathedral, was the host location for the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. [1] The preliminary round was held at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz . [5]
Sabine Heinrich was the host of the 2014 contest. [1] Flying Steps performed as the interval act. [6]
The semi final stage of the contest was dropped this year, however a new preliminary round was held over two days on 26–27 May and was streamed live on youngmusicians.tv. Each musician was required to play for up to fifteen minutes in this round and a maximum of five minutes in the Grand Final on 31 May. The international jury scored each musician and performance during the preliminary round. The scores were added to those given in the Grand Final to decide the three prize winners. [7] [8]
The candidates were accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, [9] under the leadership of Estonian conductor Kristiina Poska. [10] The winner received a prize of 10,000 euros and was given the opportunity to appear with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. The participants in second and third place were awarded 7,000 and 3,000 euros respectively. [11] [6]
All participating countries automatically qualified for the final on 31 May 2014. The semi final elimination stage was replaced by a two-day preliminary round, that was held on 26 and 27 May respectively at the Kleiner Sendesaal in WDR's Funkhaus Wallrafplatz. The professional jury awarded points in this round. [5]
R/O [12] | Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece(s) |
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1 | ![]() | HRT | Sara Domjanić | Violin | 1)Sonata for Violin on C Minor, op.45, no.3 (1. mvt: Allegro molto ed appassionato) by Edvard Grieg 2)Valse-Scherzo in C Major, op.34 by Piotr Tchaikovsky |
2 | ![]() | NRK | Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde | Violin | 1)Poème, Op.25 by Ernest Chausson |
3 | ![]() | PBS | Kurt Aquilina | Guitar | 1)August Lullaby by Marek Mancina arranged by Per-Olov Kindgren 2)Concerto de Aranquez by Joaquin Rodrigo 3)Birds flew over the spire by Gary Ryan |
4 | ![]() | MTV | Gergely Devich | Cello | 1)Minuet in C Major by Haydn-Piatti 2)Liebestraum by Liszt-Cassado 3)Roumanien folk dances by Bartók-Silva |
5 | ![]() | RTVSLO | Urban Stanič | Piano | 1)Sonata/Capriccio K20, E - Major by Domenico Scarlatti 2)Paraphrase de concert S. 434 by Franz Liszt 3)Suggestion diabolique, op.4 by Sergej Prokofiev |
6 | ![]() | ORF | Ziyu He | Violin | 1)Violinkonzert KV 207, 1. Satz mit Kadenz von Kurt Guntner by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2)Capriccio op. 1/1 by Niccolò Paganini 3)2. Violinkonzert by Belá Bartók |
7 | ![]() | NTR | Lucie Horsch | Recorder | 1)Sonata seconda (Renaissance sopraan) by Dario Castello 2)Der Besucher der Idylle (1993) (tenor) by Isang Yun 3)Adagio en Allegro uit Sonate Wq 135 by C.P.E. Bach |
R/O [12] | Country | Broadcaster | Performer | Instrument | Piece(s) |
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8 | ![]() | TVP | Bartosz Kołsut | Accordion | 1)Praeludium and Fugue in h minor BWV 893 by Johann Sebastian Bach 2)Near the Portrait of Niccolo Paganini by Volodymyr Runchak 3)Don Rhapsody part III by Vjatcheslav Siemionov |
9 | ![]() | RTP | André Gunko | Cello | 1)Suite for solo cello - Intermezzo e danza finale by Gaspar Cassadó 2)Pezzo Capriccioso by Piotr Tchaikovsky |
10 | ![]() | ERT | Vassilis Digos | Guitar | 1)Differencias Sobre Guardame las Vacas by Luys de Narvaez 2)Danza del Altiplano by Leo Brouwer 3)Sonata-Joaquin Turina 2nd and 3rd movement by Joaquin Turina |
11 | ![]() | WDR | Judith Stapf | Violin | 1)Grand Caprice for violine solo op. 26 "Der Erlkönig" (according to the ballad of Franz Schubert) by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst / Franz Schubert 2)Estrellita by Manuel Ponce/arr. Jascha Heifetz 3)Violin sonata in d, op. 108, 4. Presto agitato by Johannes Brahms |
12 | ![]() | SVT | Albin Uusijärvi | Viola | 1)Romanze op 85 by Max Bruch |
13 | ![]() | ČT | Martin Kot | Accordion | 1)Flick-Flack by Albert Vossen |
14 | ![]() | TRM | Livyka Shtirbu-Sokolov | Piano | 1)Prelude and Fugue no.2 A minor op.87 by Dmitri Shostakovich 2)Novelette No.3 by Francis Poulenc 3)Sonata no.1 by Rodion Shchedrin |
Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union. [13]
The list of jury members are as follows:
The contest was broadcast by the following broadcasters: [19]
Date of broadcast [19] | Country [19] | Station [19] |
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31 May 2014 | ![]() | HRT 2 |
![]() | ČT art | |
![]() | WDR Fernsehen (15-minute delay) | |
![]() | ERA 1 | |
![]() | M2 | |
![]() | TVM1 (50-minute delay) | |
![]() | Moldova 1 | |
Radio Moldova | ||
![]() | NRK1 | |
![]() | TVP Kultura | |
![]() | Antena 2 | |
![]() | www | |
![]() | RTVSLO2 | |
![]() | SVT2 | |
1 June 2014 | ![]() | ERT1 |
![]() | RTP2 | |
8 June 2014 | ![]() | ORF 2 |
9 June 2014 | ![]() | NTR |
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